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Tableau MCP

Tableau MCP is an MCP server that adds data and analytics tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Tableau's official MCP Server. Helping agents see and understand data. It has 357 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @tableau/mcp-server.

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Install Tableau MCP

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tableau-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tableau/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERVER": "your-value",
        "SITE_NAME": "your-value",
        "PAT_NAME": "your-value",
        "PAT_VALUE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env SERVER=your-value --env SITE_NAME=your-value --env PAT_NAME=your-value --env PAT_VALUE=your-value --transport stdio tableau-mcp -- npx -y @tableau/mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tableau-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tableau/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERVER": "your-value",
        "SITE_NAME": "your-value",
        "PAT_NAME": "your-value",
        "PAT_VALUE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "tableau-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tableau/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERVER": "your-value",
        "SITE_NAME": "your-value",
        "PAT_NAME": "your-value",
        "PAT_VALUE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
SERVERNoShown in the README's example configuration.
SITE_NAMENoShown in the README's example configuration.
PAT_NAMENoShown in the README's example configuration.
PAT_VALUENoShown in the README's example configuration.

About Tableau MCP

Tableau MCP is a suite of developer primitives, including tools, resources and prompts, that will make it easier for developers to build AI applications that integrate with Tableau.

  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • modelcontextprotocol
  • tableau

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How do I install the Tableau MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @tableau/mcp-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Tableau MCP free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Tableau MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is v4.29.1, published Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.